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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Can Macbook Pro and Air open/play Blu-ray movies?

Can Mac open Blu-ray? This articles share with you
how to play Blu-ray movies on Macbook Pro/Air with/without Blu-ray Drive
and Blu-ray Player software.

Watching movies on Mac
is an awesome experience especially on the latest MacBook Pro 2016 with
brighter LED backlighting and an increased contrast ratio. Another
similar device, Macbook Air, is even more convenient player, especially
for female users. Can you play Blu-ray on MacBook Air/Pro? No, because
Apple hates blu-ray, which it fails to war against. Fortunately, with a
little inexpensive hardware and software, you can turn your MacBook into
an amazing Blu-ray player to how off your home theatre. See the a
tutorial below to learn how to play Blu-ray movies on MacBook Pro and
MacBook Air with good video and audio quality in 2 easy ways.

When you use a Blu-ray disc, you should keep a few things in mind
to avoid any problem in playing them. First of all, you should have a
properly connected and working Blu-ray disc reader–an external Blu-ray
drive for your Mac computer, so that any data on the disk could be read
easily. Moreover, the disc needs to be free from scratches in order to avoid any hanging or interruptions.

The most occurring problem is that the media player is not capable
to play such high quality videos and formats with layers of Blu-ray
protection. As the newly released commercial Blu-ray disc, some newest
Blu-ray discs are protected with region codes and layers of digital
rights management, including AACS, and BD+, etc. to avoid being faked,
copied, or retroactively applied to an unprotected medium.

First way to get Macbook Pro/Air play Blu-ray

Since Mac operating systems do not have native Blu-ray playback
support, even feels reluctant to import neither Blu-ray video into
iTunes/iPhone/iPad, nor a Blu-ray drive into its system, out of its own interest. an external Blu-ray drive and a Mac Blu-ray player software should be used to play Blu-rays on MacBook Pro/Air with an external Blu-ray drive.

Here 8K Player for Mac or 8K Player
(Blu-ray Power version) is a piece of professional Blu-ray player
software officially authorized by BDA (Blu-ray Disc Association) to read
Blu-ray information and support Blu-ray playback on MacBook Pro and
MacBook Air. It can play not only Blu-ray discs, but also its ISO files and its folders, DVD, DVD ISO files and other video or audio formats.

The Blu ray Player Mac version plays all latest discs in different
regions on Mac, as well as multiple video and audio formats even 4K 5K
8K Ultra HD without any loss. It is one of the best Blu-ray player
programs for home and office use, and supports the video and audio
technology that deliver high-quality picture and sound.

Free Download 8K Player for Mac or 8K Player (Blu-ray Power):

Preparations:

Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.12

1G Hz or above Intel processor.

512 MB physical RAM (memory) or more.

1024*768 or higher resolution display.

Internal or external Blu-ray drive

Internet Connection

How to play Blu-ray movies on MacBook Pro and MacBook Air?

1. Connect the BD drive to your Mac

Connect the external Blu-ray drive to your Macbook Pro/Air with the
cable. Insert the Blu-ray disc to the BD drive. If you are playing
Blu-ray folder or Blu-ray ISO files, you can skip this step.

2. Add Blu-ray

Install and run 8K Player for Mac (Blu-ray Power), then click "Open Bluray" to load the Blu-ray movie you want to play.

3. Start to play Blu-ray on MacBook Pro/Air

Wait a second till the main menu pops out and you can watch Blu-ray
movie on MacBook Pro/Air. You can select audio track or subitle, and
other settings by right-click or the main menus. And when playing
Blu-ray, you can forward, backward or adjust the volume.

What's more, you can also take a snapshot, make gif, record screen
and share them with your friends and families on the Facebook or Twitter
while watching. Adding bookmark and repeat what you have viewed are
allowed. There are more functions waiting for you to explore. See, how
easy it is! Take your time enjoying the story.

Second way to make MacBook Pro/Air to play Blu-ray

Since MOV is the most ideal format for playing on Mac, you can convert Blu-ray to MOV for playback on Mac(Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks included). In this case, a versatile Blu-ray ripper converter is in need. Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac is such an excellent program that combines video converter, video editor, video player.

With it, you can convert Blu-ray to Mac playable MOV video on Mac
with fast speed and high quality, so that you can enjoy Blu-ray on
MacBook Pro/Air, Mac Pro, Macbook, QuickTime, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or
iPod, etc. Besides, this package tool enables you to convert BD/DVD
disc, VIDEO_TS folder as well as HD video files like MKV, AVI, WMV, MPG,
MTS, MXF, MP4, etc to any format you want. Plus, the built-in video
editor allows you to trim, crop, add watermarks, etc. to get the very
part and effect you prefer. Windows version is here.

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